(1) Zend_Dom, (2) Zend_Feed, (3) Zend_Soap, and (4) Zend_XmlRpc in Zend Framework 1.x before 1.11.13 and 1.12.x before 1.12.0 allow remote a
(1) Zend_Dom, (2) Zend_Feed, (3) Zend_Soap, and (4) Zend_XmlRpc in Zend Framework 1.x before 1.11.13 and 1.12.x before 1.12.0 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) via recursive or circular references in an XML entity definition in an XML DOCTYPE declaration, aka an XML Entity Expansion (XEE) attack.
- Published
- Feb 13, 2013
- Updated
- Jun 16, 2026
- EPSS
- 1.8% · 78th percentile
- CWE
- CWE-399
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Report tools
Action score
21
Monitor
Low priority for now.
- CVSS
- 20 / 40 · 5.0 / 10
- CISA KEV
- 0 / 30 · Not listed
- EPSS
- 1 / 30 · 1.8%
Affected systems
| Vendor | Product | CPE |
|---|---|---|
| zend | zend framework | cpe:2.3:a:zend:zend_framework |
Affected versions
NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.
- zend zend framework1.0.4
- zend zend framework1.10.0
- zend zend framework1.10.1
- zend zend framework1.10.2
- zend zend framework1.10.3
- zend zend framework1.10.4
- zend zend framework1.10.5
- zend zend framework1.10.6
- zend zend framework1.10.7
- zend zend framework1.10.8
- zend zend framework1.11.0
- zend zend framework1.11.1
- zend zend framework1.11.10
- zend zend framework1.11.11
- zend zend framework1.11.12
- zend zend framework1.11.2
- zend zend framework1.11.3
- zend zend framework1.11.4
- zend zend framework1.11.5
- zend zend framework1.11.6
Package-level exposure
OSV and GitHub Advisory data: ecosystem, package and range. SBOM matching uses this table.
| Ecosystem | Package | Affected range | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|
| Debian:6.0 | zendframework | before 1.10.6-1squeeze3 | 1.10.6-1squeeze3 |
| Packagist | zendframework/zendframework1 | from 1.0 · before 1.11.13 | 1.11.13 |
| Packagist | zendframework/zendframework1 | from 1.12.0-rc1 · before 1.12.0 | 1.12.0 |
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- CVE-2012-3363Zend_XmlRpc in Zend Framework 1.x before 1.11.12 and 1.12.x before 1.12.0 does not properly handle SimpleXMLElement classes, which allows re51Plan
- CVE-2014-8089SQL injection vulnerability in Zend Framework before 1.12.9, 2.2.x before 2.2.8, and 2.3.x before 2.3.3, when using the sqlsrv PHP extension40Plan
- CVE-2011-1939SQL injection vulnerability in Zend Framework 1.10.x before 1.10.9 and 1.11.x before 1.11.6 when using non-ASCII-compatible encodings in con40Plan
- CVE-2014-4914The Zend_Db_Select::order function in Zend Framework before 1.12.7 does not properly handle parentheses, which allows remote attackers to co40Plan
Remediation
Which version to upgrade to
Fix versions compiled from the vendor, package registries and Microsoft. Verify the vendor's note before upgrading.
| Product / package | Fixed version | Source |
|---|---|---|
| debian:zendframework | 1.10.6-1squeeze3 · Debian:6.0 | Package registry (OSV) |
| Packagist:zendframework/zendframework1 | 1.11.13 | Package registry (OSV) |
| Packagist:zendframework/zendframework1 | 1.12.0 | Package registry (OSV) |
Exploit status
No known public exploit
No public exploit has been observed yet. That doesn't mean you're safe, only that the bar is a little higher.
Research context
For pentesters and researchers: attack profile, score disagreement, timeline, patch commits, credits, variant and chain candidates, bug bounty scope. All derived from existing data; no exploit code.
Timeline
From publication to today: proof of concept, Metasploit module, CISA KEV and fix record. Dates are as reported by the sources.
No dated events beyond publication.
FIRST EPSS daily score; only changes of 0.01 or more are recorded (step chart).
Patch and commit links
Commit, PR and diff links among the references. A starting point for patch-diffing and variant hunting; fixes, not exploits.
No commit or PR link among the references.
Credits
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No credits in the CNA record.
Variant candidates
Same product, same weakness class, within 18 months. If the patch missed the root cause, the sibling bug is here.
No nightly-computed relations.
Chain candidates
An authentication bypass and a privilege-requiring bug in the same product, published close together: combined they may become an unauthenticated path.
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Bug bounty scope
No known public program.
Source: bounty-targets-data (public HackerOne, Bugcrowd, Intigriti, YesWeHack listings).
Technical details
Attack conditions
- No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.
If successful
- Confidentiality
- none
- Integrity
- none
- Availability
- P · the service can be disrupted
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Confidentiality impact
- None
- Integrity impact
- None
- Availability impact
- P
Weakness class (CWE)
CWE-399 · Resource Management ErrorsCVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
nvd-primary
Attack context
MITRE CAPEC attack patterns and ATT&CK techniques for this weakness class (CWE). A starting point for detection rules and threat hunting.
MITRE has no CAPEC/ATT&CK mapping for this CWE.
Noroxi analysis
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References
- framework.zend.com/security/advisory/ZF2012-02
- www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2013:115
Vendor advisories and official records. Exploit/PoC links are deliberately left out.